Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Growing up in a well-off home can benefit a child's physical health even decades later—but a lack of parent-child warmth, or the presence of abuse, may eliminate the health advantage of a privileged background, according ...

Having sex frequently - and enjoying it - puts older men at higher risk for heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems. For older women, however, good sex may actually lower the risk of hypertension.

A woman's weight at birth, education level and marital status pre-pregnancy can have repercussions for two generations, putting her children and grandchildren at higher risk of low birth weight, according to a new study by ...